Country Currency Symbol Sub-divisions Afghanistan Afghani Af 100 puls Albania Lek L 100 qindarka (or quintars) Algeria Dinar DA 100 centimes Argentina Peso $ 100 centavos Australia Dollar A$ 100 cents Austria Euro € 100 cents Bangladesh Taka Tk 100 paisa (or poisha) Barbados Dollar Bds$ 100 cents Belgium Euro € 100 cents Brazil Real [...]

20th Century Fox – William Fox A A&M Records – Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss A&W Restaurants – after Roy Allen and Frank Wright Abbott Laboratories – Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott (1888) Abercrombie & Fitch Co. – David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch Adam Opel AG – Adam Opel adidas – Adi Dassler Alza – name [...]

Worldwide some 200 million people buy or sell 1 billion items on eBay every year, trading $2 000 worth of goods every second. More than a million people trade on eBay as a full time job. And while the eBay auctions are best known for finding bargains there also have been some very expensive items [...]

On average, people move home every seven years. The reasons are varied but many move because of living costs. If you feel you can live it up with the Jones’s, here’s the cost of living ranking list of the most expensive cities in the world (with their rank a year ago in brackets). Some cities [...]

You have to drill through 250 tons of rock, then pulverize and chemically treat it to get enough gold to cast a single wedding ring. No wonder gold is one of the most expensive – and most sought-after – precious metals. Gold is measured in troy ounces (1/12 of a pound, or 31.1035 grams) which [...]